Kazakhstan or Mongolia
Two countries side by side across the same rows as the full comparison. A dash means the value is missing: fields are not filled with guesses. about the data
| Kazakhstan | Mongolia | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary in IT | — | — |
| Citizenship | 5 years | 5 years |
| Partner can work | — | — |
| Parents | — | — |
| Pets | no trouble | no trouble |
| Pet limit | 5 | no limit |
| Quarantine | no | — |
| Residence permit fee | — | — |
| Rent, 2 bedrooms | $ 671 · estimate | $ 710 · estimate |
| Basket | $ 22,0 | $ 28,1 |
| Life expectancy | 74.53 | 72.4 |
| Homicides/100k | 2.55 | 5.64 |
| Natural hazards, 0–10 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
How the two sets of routes differ
Long-stay routes in this reference: Kazakhstan — 50, Mongolia — 28. Types present in both: work, study, family, investment, talent and repatriation. Kazakhstan adds: remote work.
Fees, thresholds and deadlines
Kazakhstan: fees range from 80 to 200 USD. Routes with no fee: 21. Routes stating an income threshold: 1; the lowest is 3,000 USD a month. Routes with a published decision deadline: 49; the shortest is 1 days. Mongolia: fees range from 45,000 to 135,000 MNT. Routes with a published decision deadline: 28; the shortest is 3 days.
Beyond the first permit
Permanent status: Kazakhstan after 5 years; the other country publishes no term. Citizenship: both after 5 years. Neither recognises a second citizenship.
Kazakhstan in brief
Kazakhstan is Central Asia's largest economy, built on oil and gas, an EAEU member with visa-free entry for nationals of EAEU states and a number of other passports, and a standard residence permit procedure (from 7 working days on the fast track, valid for up to 10 years). Dual citizenship is not permitted. Almaty is the business and IT centre, with high seismic risk; Astana is a climatically extreme but seismically quiet capital. Some data (IT salaries, official homicide statistics, net migration) could not be confirmed from open sources and has been left empty.
Mongolia in brief
Mongolia is a landlocked country between Russia and China with an extremely uneven distribution of population: almost half the population is concentrated in Ulaanbaatar, while the other major cities (Erdenet, Darkhan) are an order of magnitude smaller. Dual citizenship is not permitted: naturalisation requires at least five years of permanent residence, knowledge of the Mongolian language, and renunciation of prior citizenship. The work-visa system is broken down in detail by sector of the economy (construction, science and IT, mining, finance, agriculture, and others); employing foreigners under the work and investor categories is subject to a separate monthly workplace fee. A sharply continental climate produces winter temperatures below -17°C and summer temperatures above +20°C on a monthly average. In winter, Ulaanbaatar ranks among the cities with the dirtiest air in the world: the average annual PM2.5 level stands at 42.7 µg/m³ — almost nine times the WHO guideline — because of coal heating in the ger districts.
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This material is for reference and is not legal, tax or immigration advice. Visa rules, tax thresholds and prices change. Before deciding anything, check the official sources and consult a licensed professional in the relevant country.